John 5....

[Larz]

hahahahahaha, my tele is one of the most vicious sounding guitars i own...it is THE recording guitar for my band. i would play it live except it hums too much and i don't want to "ruin" the KILLER sound by putting in hum-cancelling pickups....in all honesty, the jackson's, etc have a more refined sound - they require the amp to sound brutal. the tele - the brutality comes from the GUITAR!!! the amp only "amplifies" the guitars rude sound.

does that make sense?

I agree, my Tele sounds kickass from clean, to twang, to high gain. Very versatile.

Sure, its not gonna sound like a soloist or rhoads run through a soldano/uber/5150 etc. or lend itself to wicked heavy palm-muted riffs given the nature of the design and the pups, but it can get closer to a metal vibe than my KV2 can to a country vibe. (Not that that's the intent with a KV2, but just sayin....)

[MartinBarre]

who cares about looking metal when you can look cool and rock'n'roll?

But in that vid he's not playing rock n roll.

[Partial @ Marshall]

He's pretty creative..just bought an album yesterday (damaged?). Saw him live w/Rob Zombie in a 600 person club here in flagstaff...solid player. He used a bit of "Eruption" in his guitar solo...sorry but that's cheesy. I wish I could play country like that.

The video did look very "stiff" for him....

[Larz]

Didn't he "blow" like $130,000+ on one of his guitars?

[jgcable]

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Was that John 4 or 6?

I don't get it. Wasn't his brother in Sevendust?

[SEEGERMANY]

Oh no, what's that I see, second guitar from the left? Could it be a Telecaster? Even worse, is that a Gretsch White Falcon in the mix? Shame on you James, that's not metal!

[levantin]

Oh no, what's that I see, second guitar from the left? Could it be a Telecaster? Even worse, is that a Gretsch White Falcon in the mix? Shame on you James, that's not metal!

Old news is so exciting

The white falcon has been pictured many times and is also in the nothing else matters vid made 17 years ago.

[SEEGERMANY]

I was being extremely sarcastic. Put that in your old pipe and smoke it.

[phill_up]

John:5
For John so loved the Tele that he gave up the single coils and installed humbuckers and burned the fretboard in everlasting hell!

[toejam]

I don't get it. Wasn't his brother in Sevendust?

No, different Lowery. Clint Lowery from Sevendust has two brothers who were also in bands, but they're no relation to John "5" Lowery.

[GuerillaPete]

gonna have to check out that DLR album.

[Robert Burns]

Remember some old dude named Jimmy Page used a "Tele" in
"Whole Lotta Love" !! Think that song isnt "Heavy"??

[levantin]

I was being extremely sarcastic. Put that in your old pipe and smoke it.

I guess I deserved that for not reading the rest of the thread properly. Sorry!

[MartinBarre]

I'm not saying teles are crap, or that great players haven't used them - just that for the sort of playing in the original vid it looks out of place. IMO.

And using James Hetfield as an example of "metal"....well I suppose you did say you were being extremely sarcastic!

[markD]

it does look out of place, for sure!!! i HATE his tele's with the big square headstock from the fender 12 string guitars...